Post Chorus 1: E B F#m F# A B x3 E B F#m F# verse 1: B BM7 Meridith do you really B7 E want to marry him? This could end up C#m an embarrassment G#m and You?ll have to F# keep his name B BM7 Meridith do you think B7 E that he?ll be fair with it? Cause all I?ve heard C#m is his disparagement G#m Towards you and him A But time isn?t B7 on your sideE Is it true? That he?ll C#m never put a ring A on you? oh no E You?re abused but is that the worst C#m A He?s done to you? oh no F#m Oh It?s a sad time B to be young C#m Knowing the worst D A Am has just begunPost Chorus 2: E B F#m F# A B E B F#m F# verse 2: B Bm7 Meridith I know you feel B7 E the options narrowing With no proposals C#m twenty?s harrowing G#m F# F#7 You hear their whispers grow B BM7 Oh but Meridith it?s apparent B7 E that he?s scared of it And only seconds from C#m The hell with it! G#m Don?t be remiss A B7 Hanging with guys like him Bridge: C#m Please bear in mind B7/Eb To him that word E brings back to life F#m A Decades of unending fights E/G# F# Oh he?s prepared for verse 3: C#m as Cold a War as F# His parents endured B So be careful when you put yourself out there B7 You?ll say I do He?ll E E(hold) say I do not know Interlude: Acoustic and saxophone solo C#m A E G# C#m A Outro: F#m It?s a sad time B to be young C#m Knowing the worst D A has just begun C#m yeah the worst D A has just begun C#m Knowing the worst D F#m(hold) has just begunE Is it true? That he?ll C#m never put a ring A on you? oh no E G#/C You?re abused but is that the worst C#m A He?s done to you? oh no F#m Oh It?s a sad time B to be young C#m Knowing the worst D A Am has just begun